Mission Writeup in Saturday Evening Post, 1946, Part 1

Now is the point in our narrative to read Cyr's article in the Saturday Evening Post of March 23, 1946.  An earlier post on this article includes the remarkable and intriguing cover art, rendered by a skilled human being! As well, there is a brief description of the contents of the issue. It was a magazine written for and read by Americans in all walks of life - before we became, somehow, compartmentalized, and hence less familiar with each other. 

First we have the Editor's blurb, in the front of the magazine, page 4. This blurb is very blurby, jollying up the reader to be super excited about the wonderful article in this wonderful magazine. We'll see if that tone bleeds over into the article itself; we will have to distinguish author from editor as we read. 

Cyr, like Robichaud/"Frenchie," served in Europe first, then deployed to China.

 

Well, then, let us turn to page 18 and begin.

This background on Cyr, and these events occuring in the first airdrop into Hsin-Hsiang, are the subject of pages 47-66 of OSS Special Operations in China, our "MMB."  The list on page 47 of personnel in the inital drop includes a fifth man: Robichaud.

The team diary excerpt, on pages 55-66 of MMB, was written by Zarembo, who was not in the initial drop. Zarembo was part of the second drop. 

Previous posts on this subject:

Just the Right Issue of the Saturday Evening Post

OSS CBI Photobook 20 - Jump into Action 

OSS CBI Photobook 20, continued - Jump into Action, continued 

OSS CBI Photobook 21 - Hanging Out While Paul Cyr Meets with the Local Commander in Hsian

OSS CBI Photobook 22 - OSS Field Base near Hsian

We will continue the story!

Julie